Tangra Yumco
Tangra Yumco | |
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Coordinates | 31°00′N 86°34′E / 31.000°N 86.567°ECoordinates: 31°00′N 86°34′E / 31.000°N 86.567°E |
Type | Endorheic, Saline, Permanent, Natural |
Primary inflows | , |
Catchment area | 8,219.7 km2 (3,173.6 sq mi) |
Basin countries | China |
Max. length | 71.7 km (45 mi) |
Max. width | 19.4 km (12 mi) |
Surface area | 835.8 km2 (300 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 4,528 m (14,856 ft) |
Tangra Yumco (Tibetan: དྭངས་རྭ་གཡུ་མཚོ, Wylie: dwangs rwa g.yu mtsho, Chinese: 当惹雍错) is a salt lake in Tibet, China. It is in the southwest of Nyima County. Tangra Yumco is 835.8 square kilometres (322.7 sq mi), with a drainage area of 8,219.7 square kilometres (3,173.6 sq mi), an elevation of 4,528 metres (14,856 ft), length 71.7 kilometres (44.6 mi) and mean width 11.65 kilometres (7.24 mi) (maximum width 19.4 metres [64 ft]).[1] It is the holy lake of the Bön believers.
Climate[]
Climate data for Tangra Yumco | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
7.0 (44.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−7.4 (18.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
5 (0.2) |
7 (0.3) |
21 (0.8) |
66 (2.6) |
72 (2.8) |
27 (1.1) |
7 (0.3) |
1 (0.0) |
3 (0.1) |
221 (8.7) |
Source: Climate-Data.org |
Notes[]
- ^ Sumin, Wang; Hongshen, Dou (1998). Lakes in China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 400. ISBN 7-03-006706-1.
Categories:
- Lakes of Tibet
- Tibet geography stubs